Bridget A. Thomas
Every day is a gift!
Encouragement From Friends
Happy Friday! Last week (is it just me, or does last Friday feel like a long time ago?) I shared my word for 2024 – Presence.
Shortly after my post was published, fellow blogger Daryl Madden published an extraordinary poem about Presence. Please check it out. Daryl has such a gift with words! Here is the link:
https://darylmadden.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/presence/
I also want to share several other blog posts that dealt with God’s presence and being present. These were written in the month of December by some of my blogging friends. Each of these posts really spoke to me. I hope you get some encouragement out of them too.
Manu at The Faithfood Blog wrote about the gift of God’s Presence, and being present with those around us:
https://faithfood.blog/2023/12/08/presence/
Alicia at For His Purpose wrote about God’s mercy and grace, and how the Lord’s goodness is found in the present moment:
https://forhispurpose.blog/2023/12/08/coated-in-mercy-and-grace/
Dawn at Drawing Closer to Christ wrote about how just showing up to be in God’s Presence brings us peace:
https://drawingclosertochrist.com/2023/12/18/just-show-up/
I also want to share a couple more posts in which my fellow bloggers shared their words for 2024, and the reason they chose them.
Rainer at The Devotional Guy™ shared his word for 2024 – Decision-Making:
https://thedevotionalguy.blog/2023/12/31/my-word-for-2024-decision-making/
David at David’s Daily Dose shared his word for 2024 – Purpose:
https://davidsdailydose.org/2023/12/31/did-they-do-this-on-purpose/
I hope you got some insight out of these posts. It’s amazing how God uses our family and friends to speak uplifting words to us. Sometimes it’s exactly what we need, at just the right time.
Thank you for stopping by. If you have any special prayer requests, please let me know. Have a blessed weekend!
Bridget A. Thomas 
It is amazing how a community of believers can encourage other members of the body. Thanks for including me in your post, Bridget. I pray your 2024 has gotten off to a wonderful start. Wasn’t last year just last week?
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I agree. I love our blogging community and the encouragement we find here. You’re welcome. Thank you for the prayers. And I pray the same for you. LOL, yes, last year and last week are messing with my head. I feel like January should be at least half over by now 😂
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I do believe this makes you a “ping-back “ princess, Bridget!
I’m with Rainer. The encouragement we give each other, as bloggers & believers is amazing!
Prayer request: please lift up our youngest son, who has been a victim of the behavior of our middle son—who struggles with mental health and substance abuse. Younger brother continues to feel adversely impacted by events that took place earlier this fall.
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LOL 👑 I agree. I love the community we have here. It’s a gift! … I’m sorry to hear that, but yes I will keep both sons in my prayers. Thank you for letting me know.
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Bridget, thank you for including me in the post. I so agree with you about the encouragement we receive from fellow bloggers. And I agree that last year feels more than a week ago.
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You’re welcome, Manu. Your post really spoke to me, as all your posts do! It’s such a blessing to have this community of Christian friends here. And yes January is moving slowly. Haha. Maybe it’s because all the hustle from the holidays is over, and now we have to figure out how to get back to a normal routine. 😊
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You and I follow many of the same bloggers, Bridget! And I can attest to the quality of each one you’ve recommended here. With you I so cherish the encouragement and uplift available from faith-filled writers in the blogosphere–including you!
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Aw thank you, Nancy! And I always get insight from our posts too. You spend a lot of time and care on each one. What a gift we have here in our community of Christian friends! ♥️
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Great poem by Daryl! And thanks so much for sharing my post. I will check out some of the other ones. Thanks Bridget and have a blessed weekend. 🤗
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I also meant to mention, I have a word now, “persevere.”
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You’re very welcome. Your posts are always a blessing to me. I love your word. Persevere is a strong reminder to keep going, with Christ by your side! Thank you for letting me know. I pray your word will help guide you in the months ahead. And I hope you have a wonderful weekend too! ♥️
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You’re welcome. Thank you for encouraging us to pray about a word. I’m looking forward to how the Lord will inspire me with that word in the year ahead. Blessings! ❤️
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It’s such a gift to watch the Lord work in our lives! Blessings to you too, my friend 🤗
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Love how much attention to detail you’ve noticed and held onto throughout December! What an encouragement we have through fellow bloggers!
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Thank you, friend! I agree, our fellow bloggers are a gift! 🤗
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May you experience the presence of Jesus more fully little sister.
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Thank you so much, big brother 🤗♥️
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Presence is a great word. “Let us receive the gift of His presence.”
Funny how time flies. Christmas now seems forever ago, but it has just been two weeks. Maybe that’s from being present in the moment? ❤️
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Amen – “Let us receive the gift of His presence.” Love that! 🥰
So true about time! But next Christmas will be here in a blink! 😜
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